Reading Observer 10-1915

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good' . huilea tber::e.! 'H en. I Jilade my way tow ,
pa.ddrngtoD~ 'and , Uen"ce bo.me. '
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"WOitllj. lute\. to 'know eomething ,of my ex·
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" · Welt, : 1 hav-!
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hnagine, &ome
ery ' excit.i.bg ODeS..&ll a. bomb
lnrQÂ¥Per.
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" Thou"h I he. pa.ued through several of the
a~ ha ve Had many dose encoun t.Jn Wlth
the cn~l, ' 1 haf.d s.o far b~D fortunate. enough
to l'eCel'Ye (ln ly or~ek lhght wouoo over ' the left eye;
and th:at, Ittrll.ngq t~) say. ha!>~nod wb..ile cookinG'
a. bit. .of bacon ~~o mOCDIDi:f ror b~6.kfaJIt, . and
. tho fragment. ,()f a bUffltirig 'Ihol l. But;
accUSWOled to such thiugs , 48 they &fe
'1"ci';tin,;;.UY Pli'UlDpl Over your. he1id or falling round
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dr&s-GOUDt~
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kTr-ooJie,r, Dea('Q n WIlS eweedingl y populn among'l!lt
h IS bpltlnels C(ll1t~ues and 6po rt{ng cluhmat-ca. an(I
.JI ...,11· combine i n Ia w~h thnt, be mRy vot. turn up
ii¥~ 1:fI~ weD.
If later news confirmS tbe WOMit
eZ"pecta.t.IODII co ndol~n ces .....111 be ea:tenjed to hts
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BERKS CASUALTIES.

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.. ~1uD~ or Jla;o. .E. 8. ~... ,,~o died
foJlowinC' casualt-lea amon;;:-st .oldle r. of the
..~und.a received wliU_ &&Uant.lf leading the .-.B6rks
Yeomanry in the J~of Charge ilt-. GJlipoli, Look Royal Berks Regt. have been r e po rted .Ince

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lut. wue : plaoe on Saturd.,. I'
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m~ .. tJ~~1J~~ -Or~ o~ Prieta,.

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Real

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good hou.et .. ptr
to. uve · more than
repair bill., for

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raRidly advl.ocpricc.
Dri-ped
It' n morc econ ..
for it nvcI at leut
wearing d?uble.

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the. I'nscriptton "With deepest lIympa.tby, from.
the N.C,O.'II 8.nd mon. of ' the 1st Line. Bernhu'$
Regiment."
Colonel Sir Edtrard WArd aent Ibea.utifbl 1I'l'eat b.

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KAJOR ·GOOC!I.

I!&Jl,.T 1etten, both froro o:mcen abd men of t'be
Berks Yeoma.nry, have been nce.i .. ed in apprfICta.tlO n of .lfa.jor Goocb. . Amongst t.heQl is one from
a wounded yeoma.n In Mlpit.a.1 jn En~)and.
He
writes; II Major Gooch fa.:t us 'just U If 'It was on
pa.radCl. I hea.rd with great SOtT9,,- .()f hi. ~atb .
Every man of ~be aqn.adron held a higb opinion
of b1Tn, aDd be led 115 int.o action ;UAt && _e
thought he would .
Words e&arult express h :1I
great. work on ihat da.,.. ",

CAPT.. A. Eo ·ALLNA'IT.
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t ba t 11\ FT-t.nc.- dtn'l~
of mor t a-hty hM ~
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r. Eagar. lot Batt.

,WouDded .-!.!
I Pte. J. Mi llen. 16061, 6t h Batt.
' Died.,
Gur. Y. ~ ButleLt. 563, B-eT1t.ii

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Lieu.t.. A1fred Ertte.t AUnatt. , third Aon of Mr.
J . g, A...lloatt. o f Sind le_hl m , 1:1 .. been promoted
ea.pt&in.
A.a a bOT he a.t.t.eDded Bear Wood ~ ,
abd cubleque.ntJy. bcaaiDe a. county achoLi.r, at New.
oary. Grammar Soboo1, ..0<1 art Univ6(1bty College,
Readine·
At the CoI16ge be w .... OIIdet of ~ tbe
O.T.C. , in which he took a. xeeD-iIrt:erMt. whi.~ the
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ia;incfic&ted:;ff ' tho
he toot Q
.loopdazt. , He ~ .. eom~
IlJIieaion in tbo 4th y..,i,juilliD( :rt.ilienr•. beinr ()Il
ihe' Special ~e. ·a:ud .... prom~~ lieut.-..at.
September 13th. 19l.l. Before ~a.r be W&& an
a.esistant ma.atm- at. bdin'aly
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Heath : and there he COIltJDueO to ~e th.="lII"Ine6t
inLe.reit In the O.T.O. Be' ~ oat • h..ooy
h"'ttle public&tiorl' entitled -r'-' 1I:Ii-- e d&ry J(Uit....,..
Seienoe," WhlOh haa been or muqb }. . . . t.o t.bPIe a.a.oc::.i&t.ed with the O.T.O.
When. ' iobe rwar ' broke
out he at OOOfl wen~ ) out. to the f~ Demi &~
toclled to tb& 2Dd bWokiDiog -J:uoilien.· ~ ...... '"
t.he retreat from .VOIla .ad t'b. ad~ to \ the
Ai.ne
lD:8eptember, 1914, he ..... i:na.lided home.

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MONDAY.
O!Iker Wo dj,d'..
G&pt. a.n Adlt. C. St. Q. O. Fullbroolc.-Le:gatt..
o S.O., lilt B"tt. I
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Died ryf W~'1nd S '-

. Badoock, 1939. 4th Batt.
W ou nded..
rte.. A. ~artin. 5000, 2nd Batt..
PUt. A.
ulcock . '1211, 2Dd 'Batt.

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TUESDAY.
WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY.

FRIDAY.
, Prisoners in Gel'manJoPte, A. Dance, 7370 . ..

Sel"gi. T. Hugh es. 8?-1B
Pte. W . Slplmondl. 8968.

BERKSHIRE ' YEOMANRY.
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Inuring t.be pa.st. week I further official announce-have n&en ma.de Tesp e\::tlng t.he casualties'
.. vst.a.ined by the Berka Yeom~ry. These are g '
!oUow ; iPreviously reported Wounded, ~ow
Kllled.Corpi C. Butler, 1606.
Previow,.
refOrted
Killed,
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: Wounded.ScrgL. ,S. G. Kerry, 107.3. '

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Wounded , ana noL MiSsin g.Lc::c.·Corpl. H. V. !kill, 1790.
Troopel' '}'. G. Carter, 1723.
Trooper G. W. KcarveU ; 2018.
ReJOlDed , p re \lOlll31y reporte-d !ilssln&. ,Trooper F . :aaU.er, 2343.
Tt-oorer F . HlI,.yne., 1792
Trooper A. P. Pooock. 2124.
wou~:r.....: A. G. Sbep!,arn, 1367.

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Trooper C. C. 'Brown , 1861
Trooper H. A. C . ,Raven , 2071.
Tl'OOper F. R . Hutchins. 2"'....301.

Trooper W. E. Rant. 2Oil6.

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'l":ro<lpru- A. T . W illoughby , 2291
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'!'rooper' A. W. Wood/oro. 2056.
Ki2IIang .Lce.-Corpl. A. H. Goahng. 1805.
Pl'6vioudy report~ ' Vounded, no..
Woondoo aDd Ml&sing .-lt
. Second lIeut.. 'r. E . Ainger.

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SubooqnuU, h..... &I>POii>ted to:OIlIl o!·the Junior
0f600W TNminc 8obcOIs &t Ipowleh, __here b& hu
been ~ .me&. :&Dd ' where be ., odoinr excelleDt.
work. 0apI&in AJu..tt married lIloi Edit.h IIlliott.

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8el"lt. A ~ Re b in.on . 994( , Slh Ba.lt.

Pte. W. U. Stano, 19188, 6t.h Bat t.

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Yeo manry .
Pt-c. A. cto lemltn, 17~~_ 6t.h BR lt.
Pte. J. A', Ton;ue, 1 if~, 6th Ba t L.

UiulDg'.• IPte. C. W . P earce , 671, Buciu Yooma.ury,
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Pte. T: Box. '13170. 6t h B&tt..

P te. ,. J. BedJ{e, 11932. 6t.h B.tt.

!'te. F. J. M ... ,,.. 15725, 6th 1!;U\.

Lec.·Corpl. C. H. W-.Jlaoe. 16348, 6th Batt..

Pte. R. J;. H....t. 2124. Boeu ' BatL (T.P.).
P te. W . Smith, 2185, Buek. -Bah-. ff.F.).
P~. J'r Tearle. 1469 . .Bucks Jl.tt.. (T:F.).

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s,.ttuday. o.::t.. 2nd.-Patade 8.1, tb-e (ArD1OUry' at
3 o.'clckJt to J..... iat -in the proceed.mgs in 'eoDOeot.ion wlt.h the rqcrultlnR' 9J'oce!sion on tlhat d.y.

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LATEST REC~UITS.
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Sunday. Oct.. lrcl.-I...iompany ' parado at the Ar-The .foD~ • t!-e ~"'Qf local meD: 'Who enmoury -at. 3 o·clock .
'" I!.oodiog during ~ """" eDding Ileptem'.l'IUMday, Qct.i, 5Ui.~ Ccmpjn,. p.,rade at Ute liotASd
be.- 2k.\,.
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SJr.&t.iD, 'R111t'f- We6H:treet., at 7..30. which r&:rmta
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BERKS YEOMANRY,
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Skating RInk.: WesHtreet, at 7 ~101ock..
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drin at tne sk3h'nJ;Rir!' W:CII~'reet. at~ 8 ~cJoq,
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His 'l'1ajesty's SeI'Yice." to ,wnmrn
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CARE AND COMFORTS , COMMITTEE.

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T.UESDAY.

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W_th~

t.he.$8,' said th&
I f~tch t~ o Qr

I underwent 00 finiliDl:
moment an a.1arm ~Ight ba.v&
ce.reer would have come
I J!&W ()na of th 1 wounded
as If to get. a.t. what I th(lUght.
c~;~~(.;~' "",,,ve,,.
I IJtOO~ my fi st a. him. and
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another bomb.
ThlS had
But those boxes lof homb&.
ouno th&t night, for hardly had
very far whee we o.H had. to
lives.
All the next day jtha boxes
..e left. them. From neither t.renches
. a. ma.u a.ttempt to make his way Lowf,ros them.
EventuallY ' we did. ga.iq pol6eS$lon of thel boxes./'
.. Do-.you get. ple.nty ' to e&t' in the tredchea ? " I
~D'!. ~!"~",~_,,; ,!.-::.L, ... t ••. A. O. H. Paris, C.
"'fa.lklng of food. reminds
of a
_".",.u~ F. C,. W, WYDter querIed.
regula.r Ut.t1e beR-nfut. in a Crilrman t.renCh we had
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Lieu... ; &ft.<:r takIn g It.
So bvsdy engag£d had we been
Tmylen. L . a.t one ponod that for f lmcst two da.ys many of illS
and R. C. Rill had scarcely ea.tcn anythlbg 8Xcep t L our biscUIt.
When in p<!88e8810n /of the ene my's tt<>nch we dill'
covered a. huge piece of GermlLl1 sausage,' "" number
or loa.es of brown ryo bread and la.ger ~l'.
We
did otl.l"&elves ferand : finil'lhing u~ by e.DJ(lying some
I lo....ctb.:1 of the cigal'6 eft. behmd by t.he previOU8 ~«lCUpaot&.
II 'Whi)e on the subject. of food I
ma.y a.lso tell
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you I ha.ve kOClwn what it is to be, shorl of water.
I was in 8M need of a drink one afternoon, and..
of my oompaDions were in the sa.me prediea.but ~.rttleB were em;vty. jWhen darkn....'h.>d
jn I Idecided to go ' a.nd fill 8everal
wblch I had. esp;(Id somet.U'Qe
:firom whe·t'6 .I .W86 !ut.uated .
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and had not gone very far
me that I was on the wrong
IT~ EXCELL~NT WORK.
a clIurohyard. where I came
&.eross ~me ste.pa. . Thinkiqg t.h~se might ' lead
When the ReadIng Care and Comfon-e Comm ittee me. right I de&c~nded ; only to land ~in a. la.rge t<lmh
was st.arted a.nd. th~ 6rst appeals were made, spcoi&l which had. received. a. severe £'rtUBlh~f ' with shells.
attenLion was· ca.lled t o the ne<:essit.y and great Quic.kJ.y I made a.n exit a.nd . tumbt~ into' a. comrad& of another regImen !:., wl)o was on another
villue
~urriD;g l ubfiCriptiona and of tI. regular secret 6rl'a.nd. I enqUITl~d if he I could direct me
60w of ~ift8. -'Ibe ·va.lue of co-operntive eJfort In to tho pump, a.nd trus he d id. . I found it. 'My
thIS (hI'f>Chon ~a8 app&-rentiy at. once grasped by 6teps were brough t to a. standstIll. for there a.t
a 'large (lumber of workcrs In Rell.{lillg.
the pump "as an(lther Dl&.n In tqe act of ,dtawlDg
Although all money receHed by tile C~ and wa~er .. JJrcathlenly I waited.
Tijere 'was no
(;(Imforts Co. il.tee· u c.ul y acknowledged in the mov;ement on lhe part of t.he 6gW'& at t.he pump.
paper.6, It. IS impoefublo to l-'ublu!:b a h st. or all the He stood holding the 1:Ia.ndle 1D mld·atr and It.
" a riouiS -gltts recclved daily.
'Ihe regu larity and bot.tle at the m,!uth of the p,ump'.
PW8ntly I
el:tent of tha contributions recea·e'd frorn the em. W&'ItA!d , 1VonderJng ah t he . sileot figure.
W'h.a.t
ployees of . se"';.eral fi rms 111 tblS oown, however\ ts could It. mea.n?
W&s it. &ome. trap ?
At length
remarka.ble.
GIftS of money -have bech received I made up my mind to see what it ~ meant.
rcgulllTi.Y from the eU1ployees of MCSllrs:: Burberry'lI , The man was dead. &hot right through the heart
lhe Ber'h.blre PrlntJUg Co " 'Ltd.. MCI:I8NJ.- Sut.t.ou while 10 the act of drawing water.
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and Sons the PUI50m&ler Engmeermg Co,. !J.d .• • ' 11 Of oourae, 1 ha.ve 800n v&rioua oighta of a. pJea.s.and Me6&ra. Sarpell.t, Ltd. .; ,.,.bibt the girla l ot m g charact,e;r.
My attention waa att.r~ once
Me.!In. Hunt.Jey and Palmers, LW., hue 'for many by the sound of !oi.oes. w,,-bieh-· for the moment
ntontb. sent. weekly
wortj1 o( .. smolie8 II a.nd
On J..OOklng around.1 aaw. in ..d,eep de..lDK. w(lrth of ca.kes nd frUIt. 'l'ho Bmployeee ot
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one 01 the mauiy .hiines -,vhicb are
MellSn. )'['&me a : f' 0 . • not to bo benindnand 1n
t.bo countryside., seven or eight
tblS good work,
l,(XX) clgareU:.es weekly.
In
. Tbo · solemnity of
aUdit.lon ~ the&a
n. r ibutions from tho e011110yees
impressed. me. I
of firma 1n 'Readm.g; quautlt1efJ of fruit a.Dd. vegeaod ·witneea the
lables, Cgga,' etc., are forwarded weekly by ·the
their way 9uietJy.
parlshionen at th e varklus .u rrounding villa.ges.
• Shall ·we hnug our
4ltho ugh" these supplies may geem very large,
too. were also
yet. It. must. be remembered that there ari , DOW
It i.e a curlowr
from ten to eleven. hundred , wounded 80ldien :n
number of C88e8
Roa.chng , &-I:Id oo rl'ospondlugJy large quantltiea of
bombardihene;
e\·e ryl.bing 'am r equIred. A, an
'Vicinit.y..
It
a. generous donor _lent tho ot her day
th& eetioWl effect
& ton 0( . plums, but. even this quantlt.y
js 8,llI'p;ri.aiDS'. I
more tban aUiJlent. , for a day's ' '1upply of
blpwn to pIeces
hOJlPl ta.l&.., It
I thus be aee n of what value Cowall qwte 'n,
ope:rai)ve e110
may be. aDd t.hlll may be more
were damaged
t. h. n eve r reccgrll.sed 'dunng the eom.rng month.
when t b~ mppIies (It ftult a.nd vegetab les ,"U be
SOQ'Yen.tts? No. I did DOt trouble
more difficult to obta.m.
any this time. My nae in itself 1
one, becauso .I throu,h the butt is
mado Qy IL ~ot i~t-ended for mo... p$dt8p6
wb~n I fmally re~ bo~e I ma,. bring some
ht BAn · ROYAL BERKS
relic:a, aad I trtJst It wlll not be 10n" befOre the
terrible ordelAl whic'b' ~ Il>cing paNed 'thmugh inll
IREGIMENT.
be at a.n 1!!Ind. OJ •
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Died of WpurKb.Pte. E. Br:gntman, 2211. 4th Ba.t.L . .

da.-ught.e.r of Alderina.n and lIrs. J~ -Glioti. of
N.,...oury.
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MONDAY.

•• , Have you lI.ny bombs ' With you ?'
.. 'No, II tr, I qUletly s aid. ' I did not. k.no~ what
Vo(,el'C about. ! • Go back at. once a..nd get. rome,'
comma.nded. I SOOn I WB6 bilCk With him again.
... Can you t~ow WI ' far?' b e asked.
.. • 1 thInk IJO.' 'l'he next
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but
misS\!e dropped !<hor t. I
A
second 008 fell right ID their
presently
two
or three ' :pth-;~e~m:cl;~"u f~;t,;:;;'-;:
moaning.
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and.
dI scovered

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Died.I
Bergt. W . AlJoort, 6475, lit B r..1.t.

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' Pt.e. N. Roc be, 17197, 6th Ba.tt..

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oth er ' neLther ~eemed to aue .movo, bu,t. w~ted
lo ~ "",Ka.t eM otbar might do. Keeping my eya
Jb:ed on him, 1 'sMeci mYl5elf bU(IkwiU"dJI, moanwhlle.
grulHng ~hol d o~ a bomb. · Suddenly I lqJade an
ez:tra dull b!I.Ckwa.rd and. then Je t. by the dea.i:ily
nJ1.lI8l1e, wb,leh e!f~ted & rMulto m my fa,VOtlr_
1/ Anotbe r
Dlght I bad been to VISit & different.
part of my tren~h, and on m_v r eturn I he..R.ld"'-the
.r;emnrk '~e lie 1&. sir, ' lind the noxt I momeut
my Capta.ln IJIIJd . Come along; I want. YPu.'. 1
followed bun dq'A'n t he trenCh, won9.eri~g w~a.t
w~ about. to t.f-ko pJo.ce, . when to mY·'la.stoni&h.
m.ent. be ~men cod crawhng oyer tbe parapet., Instructing m e to Ido hkewu;e. 1 Had nothing to do
but. carry out the Instruct lob. _ The officer, lik e
myS(jU, Wll8 soon Laying Oat down .
(, What's Lhe
obJoot, IJlr? ' I ~ked: . I beheve t.hey lill.vo a stores
lust ove r tbere,' cama tho whuspered. r eply .1 Ha.ving
proc ~ ooed • I>OIO·e I di!j tanoo he called m y ~tt-cntloll
to four Germans' comfortably scated. OU& of them
ha:d 'PI,!)e, Lhe ~wI of wbH;h woukl takel os much
toho.tc::o 8.5 a goOO'S12;ed tumbler', whIch ~e W4a m

Ime

SuA'erinC from Gas POisontng. -

Mlsfung,

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Pte. W. T. Do",.]I. l2647. 6th Botl.
Pte. P. R. Pearce, 12665, 6th B&tt.
Wouoded.I
Lee .. Corpl. W. Bon8, 16785. 5th Bat.t.
Pte J. Wordold, 15375, 6tli' Ba.t t.

rcnort ed

L.L.
Lieut·rCol. E. :-~l;r;;;'t;';-~ \.'"
for u

VICft

<?n

partICular occasioq I havo 'lDchlioned I luid got

80~ d tst.iUlC& a.vJ3.y from my c hums. w~l gghng and
~r:ap in g, WPCD, hft.lDg my head to makq lao sUney,
1 W3.& tbrilled tbr toe moment.
gflzmg miro a
pa.ir
eyes rlgh,t In front of ml.
The)' were
tho8e of a. Garroa.n . \vhc c Vld6DtlY -WD-s ' on II- sundar
errand La m Y&el~ ,-- ' St.-ea.dily 'wo g a:z.ed lot each

box" of

Woundt>d'- I
Pte. H . ButOD ,. 1230t, 6th Batt.
Pt.e. It. C_ CasweU 16056, 6th Batt.
Pt.e. P lIodgetts; 12338, 6th Batt.
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Pre.iously

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Frith,

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following it.ems. hue appeared in the
II LOndOD Gar;ette" dunnG' the P&f.t week.Oxon a.nd Buckl - L l. -Ex-~adeb of the o.T .C.
to be See. I~el tta. ( OD prouatlOn) : E. MooTe. C. .J
The

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LOCAL .. GAZETTE ". ITEMS.

Bngade MaJor,

olmM, 17169. lfIt Ba.U,.

Pte W.

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(!kin
28~h)
(sub6t.it.uted
.. Gazette " of Juna

Pt.e. C. IU'1"ett , -9375, 2ad Ba.tt ..
SurrcnDtl f m Gas POIsoning .I Pte. 11:. G. Wht te, 300~, 4Lh Batt.

I Wotinded
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.beTearement, e"':-oecial1y 815 ,.b~ ~06t· btt h~••
hand ·latot ,-\.,r:il wbllo !Ie .. as llI: tralDlDg at Sa~
bury
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,
let!,<r 1jb'~ .l!,r' . Pover rece,ved relaMnl to
hello' lon's death statid ' tb;at .he was IcilJed by" o!ie
of theee iufernal t.rench hH~ rtarfj "
Anothfjr letter
from &D office.r rli.W' ' " l ' am i'eturniDg you ' the
1d.te1' whieh C411l&, Jor - yonr 00) .
-1 ex!>CCt yo.u
wi U ha.ve bea~ tba bad n(!W1: bv tpo time thIS
~cht\& you • thought. I would seod you i\ 1ine to
ea:prel!t~ to ,you my IIlDM rel5t llym!lB.th y .
Your eon
wa. .lj.(particulaHy emart; and intelligent b9Y, and
his dea.t.h IJI :I- lou to h ~ com,any.
It may ~
~& eo.'l1fort to you t,() k nn. Ill.t deatb ...... H18tant&neoue.
Hn oould have fell no p&ln.
IIi
wu Qno of tbe h!q ·Genna.1l ~h e JlA that killed. him .
I ....... nrprl.sbd to nnd l Jl'im amo n ~l.t tbe di-&f~ that
joined ttS not 'Yery JOI1~ a lTo, 1 diJ h ope th&t yOU
,,,,ou 'd have ~n allo.-ed, t'b keep him '(o:lth IOU In
EngIsoo.
H owever,:t. ,",u ' noL to bf'. and
ow
t.ha.t.,1ike all EIlIJJiM~otben;, you w111 be pro d In
your R'!'ea. ~ sorrow Ui'at '~r' boy ga,·c bls lif f(lr
hili countrv.
I felt. thitt. ,you would be 1
kn6", the little abolit him I am ..ble to tel1-y 1.f He
ill bllti~ d bthu\d the firmg iJ~ ue.ar to "! . e DB
feU."
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\',oal and W . fr. Brmdley .
Ca.pt.. R. W. Hal'hni', O:lon and

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Pte. A.

The following casualties amongst soldiers or the
OXOD. .. Dd Buckll .LIght InrQn t ry have bean Ire-port.t.d durlD f the Pall. week : I

LOC!'!; PROMOTION.

V'-M

J.ieul. E.,

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Andrew's Church il rdto,rt service Wt.ll oonducW by t.he Biahop of ArJyle 10M. the lalee, aDd
whell the coffin wa.s commlt.t.ed Lo the gra.e the
cunomary volleys were fired , a pIper playIng
.. Locha.ber no more;" between the volJeya.
The
t.ru.mr,ten ()f tho Berks Yeomanry ' tben sounded
the : Last Post. " -.tmoppt. the reta.hVGt present
were lIra. Goocb ( id~). Mi~ , Bridgett. . Gooch
(d.t1cQ.ter), and Mr. Evera.rd Jonell (h.ther·in.Iaw ).
The be&rer part,., bugJers- and Lnlmpet.en Rl1
perfonned theiT dut,. moat. efficiently.
A larJ;e number , of wreaths wer~ Bent. &mOngit
the !)lost notloo&ble being ~ magni6eent f!ora.l
tribute of white blooms ,and l mR-uve orchids inscribed .. In mpmory Qf
dearly-loved and gaUant.
comrade. ' from tbe offtcen of tbe ut, 2nd and 3rd
LineA. Bc rbhire Yeoma,J1;ry 01 j ~ aLtaened to t.he
wreath 1'\&8 a bow of the r egIMental r.ibboni
Tbere WM aliio &",er:t band80me lJl&uve-coloured
At.

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om.6.!Il' Wounded.-

party of~ the Bfirk. Yeo-

manry (under the ofBh'er in cbarge), "no rendaried
"'tbe uaual n()l)()Uh ..... j On :t.he P1-tfoMn wer~ Lleut..Colonel J. B. Kuelaie. Berka Yeomanry, Kajot'
T . lVIg .. n, Berh Yeomanry (whp recently returned home wounded frorn' Galbpoli), &.Dd Colooel
Sir E. WJ D. Ward, But., X.C.B., late permanent
Under &kre\l.ry of St.ate for War.
The tra.in
left. King's CroA a.t. ,8 a'd Ock. ~e following o£:.cers
of the Yeoma.n.l'r".tr~"~IliDg b!, ~~be lI&.me trsin lor
the tuner.J :-Liellt.·C-o)onel SIT E. A." Bury,
Bart., M~JOl" A. Wst .. ~ L!eut: G. Ba.r1:y.
.Fori WillIam W&8 reached .to ~.SO OD Sa.tuf'da3'
morning. It lII'U pouring '1I'1tb raiD, and t.hrou.ab.
out th6 da.:r rain felL he..vily~ . ~·Iflii funeral prooeII5lon wu formed up In t b e SWIOD Square, beIng
led. by tbe Loeb&ber .80, Sc()utl, of wh.iqh. bod,.
Major GOO(.b wu 1 di6trici 4Mlmma.nder for the
county, To the notel of II The F.lowen. ot the
Poreat," p1a.yed by tbe Scpuu' pype baM, the proCM&iOtl. made Its way. t.hrougb Lbe fltg~~reet, and
dunn£" the obseqwea bUllDe.l!S wu luspeDded. 'J.b.e
GUD~na.ge, .od which Ia.,. the coftin .....-athed by
the Union JaCk' llUld lurmounted by' the ."'prd. cap
and meda.l of t.he deceased o!licer, ",u dla.wn by
a conting en t pf t he Bo,. Scou(8.' The · ~1I·be&ters
were ' Llcut.-Colonel H. G. H~Dd.~flon, M.P" com·
lIl&Dding t be (lat) 1at Berks Yeomanry , reoenlly
l1nalided from the Da.rda.nel1ee. Lieut. ...Gol. Sir E.
A. Bury, Ba.rt., Ca.pt. 'E. But.ieT'·Hendet'Son, re-oontlv returned homo wounded. and ' Malor A.
Wt!JBt~ · .1I of the BerD l'eoma.m:y, 1IIa.Jor Wlldmg·
Jones and Malor E. ,C amer on, ()f Lo\la.t', Scouts,
Capt. Ha.Ils-well, late 13t.h HttSIIan, Capt. CnpP'!.
of the Gloueeatershlre ·Yeomanrv. Mr. Blaod, aDd
Mr. Y,att.
OutJl1de t hese ma.tehed. the funen.1
pa.rty of twel\'e of the .Berkshire Yeomanry, lll'
cluding Corpl. Du;uid &nd t bree , trumpeters and
elgbt. .N .C.O.-a and Olen. l1}cl~ing\ R . Q.14.S.· Barril,
Sergt;. R. rlnkcr .. nd Serg{.. MasoD .
T1:ie ftnng
part.y v.-as supplied by a Righlalld regiment from
Stirling. The oftic~r 10 cpug. of the funeral party
Wa,J Capt.a1ft E. Y. SlauglJt.el, oflWer oommanding
at Yeoma.nry House, Readlog.
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y~ ,. ~.~ " ~two

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of the J?ost nerve- tying ezper1Foeu
have underg()lle r-!as on an I6V(l1W1g LD , November
IL was a v~ry dark nigh t , IUld part ot my
dut.y ~as tb crILwi l(lvel' tbe to, ~ ()f the trench after
d.ri: a.nd era\7l, not Jus t on your" h~s
kneell,
but orben q Uite fi at. on t h e ground, a.nd. I w-nggle
towards t.hc enemy's tronch to tJi!e wha t can be
gle&ned or ' theIr (fslUon or &nyth.ing to lie learnt
wb~h ma.y a.ssi~ 1 your own . comrades. I!
the

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